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Mosque of Mu'ayyad Shaykh, qibla wall

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Description: Mosque of Mu'ayyad Shaykh, qibla wall

TitleMosque of Mu'ayyad Shaykh, qibla wall

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureMamluk

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1415

Creation date (description)begun 1415

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationCairo

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsIslamic architecture--EgyptArchitecture, MamelukeMosques

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7. Architecture in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia under the Circassian Mamluks (1389–1517)

Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

Description: The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800

The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800

After the death of Sultan Hasan in 1361, the supply of al-Nasir Muhammad’s sons was exhausted, so one of his grandsons, al-Mansur Muhammad, was enthroned, continuing the old pattern of a series of brief reigns by epigons of Qala’un manipulated by strong Mamluk amirs. Even this system collapsed by the 1380s when intense strife within the Mamluk corps...

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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, 1994

Related print edition pages: pp.85-96

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.011

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Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--EgyptArchitecture, MamelukeIslamic religious educationMosquesEndowments

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